What separates “Tara” from “Jackie,” of course, is that Tara’s family is aware of Tara’s problems and supports her. In creator/writer Diablo Cody’s world, even the most damaged among us can lead healthy lives if they are loved for themselves. That’s a comforting message.

It’s a shame “The Tudors” is coming to a close. As Hirst has noted, there are generations of stories yet to tell. Count on this series to end on a royally good note

This spy spoof hits a bull’s-eye with risque snark and one of the best vocal casts assembled for any animated series.

King, Cudlitz and McKenzie carry this drama, in note-perfect peformances. They make Southland a worthy part of your Tuesday night stakeout.

If you don't tear up at least once during each episode, you've already coded. "Boston Med" is the cure for summertime TV blues.

"In this job, there’s no such thing as no such thing," Pete says. Exactly. Warehouse 13 is truly the show where anything can happen.

The Pillars of the Earth, a six-part, eight-hour miniseries debuting Friday with a two-hour punch, delivers enough surprises to enthrall any thriller buff.

Nikita is a breakthrough for teen-happy CW, its riskiest show yet--one aimed at adults. It's one they might enjoy.

The triangle--quadrangle?--becomes more twisted by episode's end. It leads to shocking violence against outsiders that deepens the tragedy and the mythology at the core of the show. "Game on" just might be the two most chilling words uttered this season.

The remake of "Hawaii Five-0" is the best kind of throwback--to the buddy cop films of the 1980s. Think "Lethal Weapon" with a tropical twist.

Ordinary is super at capturing a middle-class family suffering from self-imposed Kryptonite poisoning

On Veterans Day, Wartorn is a somber reminder of the price that many pay when they serve their country and a wake-up call to the rest of us about the debt we owe them.

Arnold's Beyond Scared Straight hews to the premise of the original and proves to be just as gripping.

As a man struggling to find where he misplaced his heart, Perry makes angst seem easy. His sense of timing isn't rusty. The sitcom has a few clouds: Alonzo needs an edge and the show should make Jorge Garcia's ("Lost") facilities manager a permanent regular. But Mr. Sunshine could be midseason's brightest ray of mirth.

There were moments during the first two episodes in which I wondered if the series was doddering along like a blindfolded Miss Marple. Have faith. Each episode swings in unexpected directions.

Additional time would have made Verite more convincing. At 90 minutes, it runs short, especially as the family copes with its newfound notoriety

In Happily Divorced, TV Land, the cable channel for baby boomers, finally may have found the perfect companion to its smash "Hot in Cleveland."

HBO's True Blood rises from the grave of last year's uneven season, smarter, spookier and sexier than before.

For those impatient for the return of "Mad Men," The Hour fills that void and then some.

The ex-commander-in-chief sits down with National Geographic Channel to give a moment-by-moment account of the darkest days of his presidency--and the nation--in the utterly absorbing George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview.

Ringer at times straddles camp--Bridget stays briefly in the "Double Nickel Motel," a wink that the two women truly are flip sides of the same scarred coin --but never succumbs to it, thanks to Gellar's muted performances.

The best new sitcom of fall, CBS' 2 Broke Girls is rich in laughs and snappy performances.

[Caviezel] and Emerson make for one of fall's most formidable odd couples.

Series creator/writer Neil Cross continues to spin dark strands that stray unexpectedly into unsettling territory.

It's not often that a movie that's important also manages to be educational and entertaining. Five is all three.

In its second season, The Walking Dead remains the most suspenseful show on any TV network.

Once Upon a Time gets off to a bewitching start.

Series creator and writer Julian Fellowes has a habit of using dialogue to telegraph the obvious.